Refrigerator.



R. ALRIEK. REFRIGERATOR. AIfPLIGATION FILED JAN.31, 1913.

1, 1 1 1 ,496. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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R. A. RIEK.

REFRIGERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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Witnesses mventor g2 3*, by

Attorneys I lowing is aspecification.

To allcvhom itimay concern: a

UDOLPH A. RIEK', aiznim mm WISCONSIN.

Beit knownthat I, RUDOL H' A. Rise, all citizen 'of the.1United States, residing at Rhinelander, in the county of Oneida and State of Wisconsin, have. invented a new) and useful R frigerator, :of which the fol- The I present invention relates tors.- x It is the rprinlary object of the present invention'to provide a novel and improved ice to refrigeracompartment or ice chest for refrigerator,

Which maybe removably supported by the front wall or door frame of the case, in

ton in or on which verdigris or other matter nnght accumulate to render order to eliminatevthe' employment of obstruction s,"projections, recesses or rooves fro'm or in the other walls of the. refrigeraforeign the interior of the refrigerator unsanitary.

A further object of the present invention- I i is to provide a refrigeratorhaving a doorway through which the ice chest is insertible,

any purpose whatsoeverl v the ice chest being engageable with the edges of the doorway or the door frame to be supported thereby, so that when the door is closed, the ice chest willbe firmlylocked in position, and in orderthatwhen the door is opened, the ice chest may be removed for -With the foregoing general objects outlined, and with other objects in view, which will be manifest whenithe nature of the present invention isbetter understood, the present invention {resides in the combination'andarrangement of parts andi'nthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodimentof invention herein disclosed can bemade within the scope of what isl claimed without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

The inventio-n has-been illustratedin'its preferred embodiment inthe accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference char acters have been; employed to denote corresponding partsandj-whtreihri Figure l is a v rtwarsection of there- I frigerator taken through the ice chest. Fig;

2 1s afhorizontal section taken through'the ice chest, and parts being broken away. Fig;

3 is aninvertedperspective view ofthe auxiliary or false bottom forthe icec'hest. Figxtis a sectional detail showing the man- I an'mmmmo g I Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 31, 1 913. Seriall No. 745,517.

below thebottom of the ice chest of the rails."

ner for supporting the condensation pan Pate te Sept. 22, 1914.

p i (Fig. 5 s a perspective View. of the ice chestwith the falselbottomremoved. Fig. Sis a sectional. detail, and Figs. 7, 8 and 9am frag" mental details in perspective. Referring specifically to the drawings, the

refrigerator embodies a suitable case 10 conwith a continuous outer rabbet providing a I 13 beingadapt sea or shoulder 14, the door ed to'swing into the rabbet.

The ice chest or ice compartment has been designated generally by the numeral 15, the top and front of which are open. Theice chest embodies the open frame 1 6,"coinprising a pair of angle iron stiles17and apair of angle iron rails 18 connecting the upper and lower ends of the stiles, the 'endsof the flanges of the respective stiles and rails being f overlapped and riveted or otherwise secured together, so "that 'the rframe is substantlal and "simple in construction. Those flanges of the stiles and rails,which are outermost,

are arranged in substantially the same plane, and have theirends oyerlapjped and secured together; Thus, theends ofthe outer flanges of the stiles overlap the outer, 'sidesof the ends of the outer flanges of the rails, where by the inward-pressuregiven to bear upon the stiles will be eflectively resisted by the ends of the stiles bearing against theends The ends of the inner flanges of the rails-arebent angularlyto overlap the-ends of the inner flanges of the stiles ,be-

hind the outer flanges of the stiles, which i will assist in resisting the inward pressure exerted upon'thestiles, duetothe weight of -theice within the chest, as will hereinafter more fully appear. Thus, the ends'of the outer flanges of the stiles overlapping, the outer sides of the endsof the outerfflanges of the'rails, and the ends of the innerflanges of the rails being bent angularly behind the outer :flanges of the. stiles will effectively hereinafter appear.

serve to brace the stilesin place,eten though the rivets or securing members should be weakened by use or corrosion. This frame 16 1s of suchproportions "asto' fit snugly within the doorway 12, the outer flanges being adapted to seat or rest against the seat 1%! with the other or inner flanges fitting within the smaller or inner portions ofthe door way or door frame beyond the rabbet. A hand hold 19, preferably fashioned from Wire, ,is pivoted to the upper stile 18, preferably by means of a doubled plate20 having its endsriveted or otherwise secured-onthe inner flange of the upper railand forming a loop through which the hand hold is:

passed. The doubled plate 20 forms a bear ing member secured to. .the upperend or.

stile. of the chest frame and projecting in-.

ward therefrom, the handle being pivoted to.

the inner end of the bearing member, to depend therefrom, or to be swung'upwa-rdly out ofthe way. This hand hold 19 fordinarily. depends from. the upper stile in order that it may be readily accessible through the doorway and through the frame 16, butmmay.

be swung upwardly out, of the way when" necessary or-desirable. The door 13 is also:

provided with a contracted portion adapted to fitwithin the frame-16 when the door is closed. Thus, when the frame 16is inserted into. the doorway, and when the door is closed, the said frame 16 will be firmly held in position, and when the door is opened, the frame may be removed, which will per- ,mit of the removal of the ice chest, as will the ice chest frame.- The upper edges of the,

sides and back terminate in a horizontal plane substantially below the horizontal plane of the upper rail 18, and the sides and back are provided withthe upper horizontal cor rugations 24 andwith the vertical corrugations 25' belowthe corrugations 21 These corrugations serve to prevent the ice from lying flatly against the sides and backpfthc ice compartment and thereby-serve to' pre-' vent the ice fromcontacting with the greater surface of the sides and back so as to leave a.

gap or: space between the ice and the ad o1n-.

ing walls, which is desirable." These corrugations also prevent objects from lying flatly against theouterfaces ofthe sides andback,

which is also desirable. These corrugations not only servefor the purposes" afbove indicated, butalso serve to strengthenfthe sides and back against buckling, warping orother "distortions."

,Thebottom of the ice chest hasbeen desback 22, so that the bottom is in the form of a pan. The forward end of the bottom or pan 26 is spaced from the front wall or door frame. of. the case, as-will clearly be apparentby. reference to Fig. 1, and alip 28 projects from theupper'edg'e of the front wallof. the pan 26, this lip 28 being riveted orrotherwisesecured to .the'bott'om face of the inner flange of the flowerzrail 18. In the manner above described and depicted in the drawings, the sides, back and bottom are-all firmly;secured togethernand are rigidly ,secured to theiframe 16,-so that when p igna'ted by the numeral 26, the same having an upstanding peripheral flange 27 overlappingand secured to the .sides'21and the theframe is supported within the'doorway,

the ice chest will belproperly held within the case, theice compartment or ice chest being accessib-le' through the I doorway or opening 12. It is also-to be noted that the bottom or pan 26 depends below the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the doorway 12, the front end of the pan terminat-.

ing shortofthe front wall of the case or door frame so as to; permit the upper end of the frame 16 to, swing outwardly, but tocOnstr-ain the-ice chest from being slid outwardly on thelower edge of the doorway.

In order to catch the condensation which accumulates'on the exterior-of the ice chest, 1 a condensation pa-n 29 is supported directly below the bottom 26 of the ice chest, the, pan 29 havingits sides orflanges 30upstanding around the bottom 26 to catch the condensation as it runs downwardand dripsfrom the sides, back and bottom. The bottom or pan 26 and the condensation or sup'ple-- mental .pan 29 are provided with the registering or complementary openings 31 and ably. elliptical or elongated and which perinit, of theidownward circulation of air intoand through the provision chamber.v The edges of the respective; openings 31 and 32 are ,i'lpturned intothe respective flanges 32 respectively, which openings are prefer" and 31, which flanges, prevent the drip wav ter, and condensation from passing dow'nwardly through thesaid openings. The

condensationpan 29 issuspended from the bottom or main pan 26 in-a novel manne gma plurality of strips 35 being secured to, the

pan or flange 31 thereof around. the opening 32 1 and being bentTover the edge 33 of the 1 1x125 bottom 26. In this manner, thecondensationi pah is not]v only supported from the though thecondensationpanmay be readily moved by hendingthestrips ortongues 35 bottom of the ice, chest, but is also constrained and locked against movement,al-

31 .ofthe bottom. The bottom 26 is' -pro vided with a depending nipple 36 at its rear end for permitting thedischarge of drip water, the said nipple-passing through an opening 37 in the condensation pan 29, and the edges of the saidopening being, downturned to provide anshort nipple or flange- 38 loosely surrounding thenipple 36 and permitting the condensation to drip downw'a'rdly exteriorly of the nipple'36. An upnected to, the usual trap, and the nipple 36 is adapted to extend slightly within the upper endof the discharge tube39, this tub-e or pipe 39 being adaptedto receive both the condensation and drip water. I l

The auxiliary or false bottom has been designated by the numeral 40, the same being constructed of a corrugated sheet metal plate and having a plate 41 secured on its lower face, together with a pair of transverse bars 42, the terminals of which are bent downwardly into feet43. This false bottom is adapted to be supported above the bottom 26 of the ice chest, the feet 43 serving to support the false bottom above I the bottom or pan 26, as well as above the flanges 33 and 34. The false bottom 40 is disposed loosely within the ice chest, or the edges and end thereof are spaced from the sides and back of the ice chest, in order to permit of thecirculation of air. It is. upon the false bottom 40, that the ice is adapted to rest, so that air may circulate through the openings 31. and 32 and around the false bottom.

In use, as above indicated, when the ice chest is disposed within the case, the frame 16 is adapted to fit within the doorway, so

that the'icechest is supported solely from thedoor frame or from the wall of the case. In this manner, the employment of obstructions, projections, recesses or grooves from or in the sides, back, top and bottom of the case will be eliminated, in order that the interior of the case may be smooth and free from crevices and protuberances in or upon which verdigris or other extraneous matter might accumulate. As above noted, also, air may circulate verticallythrough the ice chest and around the ice, in order that the air may be cooled to the most effective degree, the waste or. drip water being readily discharged, and the condensation on the exterior of the ice chest being caught and discharged together with the waste or drip water. Whenit is desired to remove the ice chest for any reason whatsoever, after the door 13 has been swung open, the upper end of the frame 16 may be swung outwardly slightly, thus withdrawing the lower end of thedoorway, in which event,

the ice chest may be drawn outwardly with-s.

front wall or door frame.

The present ice chest is comparatively f'sjimple, compact, substantial, durable, and standing discharge tube or pipe 39 is: con

inexpensive construction, and is conven- 1ent,'serv1ceable and efficlent 1n its use.

The icechest may be readily removedfrom time to time for purposes of cleaning in order that the ice chest may be maintained in the most sanitary or hygieniccondition, it being alsonoted that the false bottom and condensation pan may be removed when necessary or desirable. This ice chest is not only sanitary, but provides for a perfect circulation of air. therethrough in order that the airmay be retained in the most pure and cool condition possible.

What is claimed is::

1. In a, refrigerator, a case having a door frame in one upright wall provided with a continuous rabbet, an ice chest having its front open andinsertible through the door frame and, having an angle. iron frame adapted to seat in the said rabbet to support the ice chest, a bearing member sew curedto the upper end of the ice chest frame and projecting inward therefrom, and a handle pivoted to the inner end of the bearing member adapted to depend from the upper end of the ice chest frame or to be swung upwardly out of the way.

2. In a refrigerator, a case having a door frame in one upright wall provided with a continuous .rabbet, an ice chest frame including angle iron stiles and rails having their outer flanges arranged insubstantially the same plane and having their ends overlapped and secured together, the ends 'of the inner flanges of the angle iron rails being bent angularly to overlap theends of the inner flanges of the stiles and being secured thereto, the outer flanges seatingin the rabbet and the inner flanges fitting in the door. frame beyond the rabbet, andan ice chest including sides and a bottom secured to the innerflanges ofthe stiles and lower rail, respectively.

3. In refrigerator, a case having a door frame in one upright wall provided with a continuous outer rabbet, an ice chest frame including angle iron stiles and rails having their outer flanges arranged in substantially the same plane, the said flanges of the stiles having their ends overlapping and secured to the outer sides of the ends of the said flanges of the rails, the ends of the inner flanges of the rails being bent angularly to overlap the ends of the inner flanges 0f the In te shilnon'y thet Ichim-the foregoing '21s myown, I have hereto aflix edmy slgna- 10 jtulfe'in" the presence oftwq Witnesses. f

' RUDOLPH RIEK.

stiles behind the outer flangesef the stiles and being. secured thereto, the outer flanges seating" in the mbbea and the inner flanges fitting in the cloor frame beyohd the rabhet, and an ice chest including sides and abottoin" secured to those sides of the inner'flanges (if the stiles and lower rail, respectively,- remote from the center of the ice chest frame.

'Witness'e CHAS. B. PETERSON, "FRANCES S. LLOYD. I I

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